TCP-M/J 04 - The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
TCP-M/J 04 - The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
TCP-M/J 04 - The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
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JUNK MAIL<br />
By Anne Nonymous<br />
This is the Junk Mail crossing the border<br />
Delivered by truck now, that’s the order<br />
None <strong>of</strong> it wanted, all <strong>of</strong> it waste<br />
All <strong>of</strong> it tinged with commercial distaste<br />
Delivering catalogues all unsolicited<br />
Names on the mailing list slyly elicited<br />
Yearly subscription‚ that’s the refrain<br />
Take out a loan or a time-share in Spain‚<br />
Unwanted brochures shrouded in plastic<br />
Thousands <strong>of</strong> leaflets bound by elastic<br />
All come unbidden, a waste <strong>of</strong> a trip<br />
Bound for the landfill, bound for the tip<br />
All come by lorries pounding the highways<br />
Blocking the ring road and clogging the by-ways<br />
No more will the Night Mail arrive at the station<br />
De-railed by the forces <strong>of</strong> privatisation<br />
Victorian problem Victorian answer‚<br />
That is an insult to the service they ran, sir<br />
Imagine old Isambard taking this tack<br />
Sorry we’re late sir, leaves on the track‚!<br />
Now, gone is the romance<br />
Gone is the snobbery<br />
<strong>The</strong> twenty-first century’s Greatest Train Robbery<br />
So while we’re asleep the postman is driving<br />
And the pr<strong>of</strong>its <strong>of</strong> shareholders quietly thriving<br />
To bring us material for which none <strong>of</strong> us asked<br />
To redress the balance is how we are tasked<br />
Here comes the postman rounding the block<br />
Here comes the postman, here comes his knock<br />
With quickening heart I leap from my bunk<br />
Anything interesting, dear?‚<br />
Nothing, just junk!<br />
<strong>The</strong> above satire, by an unnamed<br />
author, about the demise <strong>of</strong> the<br />
British Mail Trains was heard on<br />
British radio according to RPSC<br />
member Ken Lewis, Wales.<br />
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Maj - June / Mai - Juin 20<strong>04</strong> 137
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